More women find work opportunities amid the pandemic

Some factors include greater workplace flexibility and financial need due to the pandemic. ST PHOTO: ONG WEE JIN
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SINGAPORE - The Covid-19 pandemic may have affected livelihoods in many sectors, but it also appears to have opened up work opportunities for more women.

Ministry of Manpower (MOM) data for last year shows that more working-age women were in jobs, compared with before the pandemic.

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